Vegetable Panini On Pumpernickel Bread With Havarti Cheese Recipes

GRILLED VEGETABLE PANINI

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle the oil over the eggplant, zucchini, and onion slices, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Working in batches, grill the eggplant, zucchini, and onions until they are tender and grill marks appear, about 4 minutes per side. Cool completely.
• Cut each baguette into 6 pieces. Working with one baguette piece at a time, slice in half and spread both sides with the pesto. Working with the bottom slice of the baguette, stack 2 slices of eggplant, 2 slices zucchini, 1 slice onion, 1 slice tomato, 1 slice mozzarella, and 1 slice of roasted pepper. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place top half of baguette on top and continue with remaining baguette. (The sandwiches can be made 4 hours ahead. Wrap well with plastic wrap and refrigerate.)
• 2 cups fresh basil leaves
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup (about) extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• In a blender, pulse the basil, pine nuts, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until finely chopped. With the blender still running, gradually add enough oil to form a smooth and thick consistency. Transfer the pesto to a medium bowl and stir in 1/2 cup of cheese. Season the pesto with more salt and pepper, to taste. (The pesto can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Yield: 1 cup
• Prep Time: 10 minutes

GRILLED VEGETABLE PANINI

Steps:

• Preheat a grill pan over medium heat. Brush the sliced vegetables with 1/4 cup canola oil. Season with salt and pepper and place on the grill. Cook until they have slightly charred and softened slightly, about 3 minutes per side. Remove to a baking sheet.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the garlic, Italian seasoning, vinegar, remaining 1/4 cup canola oil, and salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle half of the dressing over the grilled vegetables. Stir the chopped olives into the remaining dressing.
• Cut the bread into 4 equal pieces and slice open. Spread the olive dressing evenly on 4 bottom pieces of the bread. Top with a single layer of each of the vegetables, reserving the remaining vegetables for Round 2 Recipe Ratatouille Pasta. Sprinkle the cheese over each and place the remaining 4 bread pieces on top. Place in a panini press and cook until well toasted, about 5 minutes. (Or place on a well-oiled grill pan and place a heavy hot cast-iron skillet or griddle on top of the sandwiches, and grill until the bread is well toasted, about 5 minutes per side.)

STEAK AND HAVARTI PANINI WITH MY "SECRET SAUCE"

Steps:

• In small bowl add steak sauce. (Both amounts). Whisk in mayo til smooth and no longer lumpy, then whisk in horseradish. Taste, adjust to your own preferance, set aside.
• In small saute pan, saute mushrooms and onion in ONE of the Tbls. of olive oil til crisp-tender or soft. Your own personal preferance. Set aside.
• Get (lightly oiled) cast iron griddle (or panini maker) heating til medium-hot.
• Lay out 2 pieces of bread.
• Drizzle 1 Tbl. sauce onto each slice, then spread with back of spoon til evenly coated.
• Pour rest of sauce into tiny bowl for dipping later.
• Top one slice with 1 slice of cheese.
• Top cheese with steak, piling on. As much or little as you like.
• Top with sauted mushrooms and onions.
• Top onions and mushrooms with second slice of cheese.
• Place other slice of bread on top, sauce-side down.
• Brush top of bread lightly with olive oil.
• Place olive oil-side down onto heated griddle.
• Brush new top with a little olive oil.
• Press lightly, once, with spatula.
• Brown bottom. Depending on how hot your pan is, this will take about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Check now and then to prevent burning. You will want this lightly toasted with nice grill marks.
• When bottom is to likeness, carefully turn over with a spatula and brown other side. (*I lift a corner with my spatula, then carefully hold it up with my fingers, then get under it with my spatula so you don't wreck the bread.) Do the same way when the second side is done.
• When done, carefully remove and place on a cutting surface and cut in half diagonally.
• Serve hot with extra sauce for dipping. (Sauce can be used to dip your sandwich in, or great for dipping french fries, too!).
• *Whatever steak you have on hand works just fine. Whether it be cooked at the moment, or leftover. I used leftover prime rib, but any good steak or tenderloin can be used.

HAM AND HAVARTI PANINIS

Steps:

• Build sandwiches by spreading a slice of bread with mayo, another with mustard.
• Stack ham, cheese and onion.
• Butter both sides of sandwich.
• Place in frying pan over medium-high heat. Flatten with a cast iron pan or something heavy (a plate and brick might work too).
• Flip, slice in half and enjoy.

GRILLED VEGETABLE PANINI WITH BASIL PESTO

Steps:

• For Panini:.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle the oil over the eggplant, zucchini, and onion slices, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Working in batches, grill the eggplant, zucchini, and onions until they are tender and grill marks appear, about 4 minutes per side.
• Cool completely.
• Cut each baguette into 6 pieces.
• Working with one baguette piece at a time, slice in half and spread both sides with the pesto.
• Working with the bottom slice of the baguette, stack 2 slices of eggplant, 2 slices zucchini, 1 slice onion, 1 slice tomato, 1 slice mozzarella, and 1 slice of roasted pepper.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place top half of baguette on top and continue with remaining baguette.
• (The sandwiches can be made 4 hours ahead. Wrap well with plastic wrap and refrigerate.).
• For Basil Pesto:.
• In a blender, pulse the basil, pine nuts, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until finely chopped.
• With the blender still running, gradually add enough oil to form a smooth and thick consistency.
• Transfer the pesto to a medium bowl and stir in 1/2 cup of cheese.
• Season the pesto with more salt and pepper, to taste.
• (The pesto can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Yields 1 cup and takes about 10 minutes to prepare.

VEGETABLE PANINI ON PUMPERNICKEL BREAD WITH HAVARTI CHEESE

Steps:

• Slice the loaf of bread in half lengthwise. Hollow out the bread using your fingers to pull out the soft insides. You can keep the scrap bread to thicken soups or to use in a breakfast strata.
• Combine the dressing with the minced garlic. Drizzle over the inside of the bread.
• Layer remaining ingredients and add the top.
• Toast in a Panini Press or on a grill pan with a heavy foil covered brick or other object. Cook just long enough for outside to become crisp and cheese to melt.
• Enjoy!